{"id":41177,"date":"2025-04-23T11:52:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T08:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dmitriya-tau\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T14:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:53:42","slug":"my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dmitriya-tau","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dmitriya-tau\/","title":{"rendered":"Dmitry Tau is a political prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A resident of Kurgan Oblast has been sentenced to five years\u2019 compulsory work on a charge of spreading \u2018fake news\u2019 about the Russian army for a video posted on VK<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The \u2018Political Prisoners. Memorial\u2019 human rights project, in accordance with <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/guidelines-on-definition-of-political-prisoner\/\"><strong>international standards<\/strong><\/a><strong>, considers Dmitry Tau a political prisoner. Tau was convicted of \u2018disseminating information known to be false\u2019 about the Russian armed forces for posting a video on his social media page. Tau\u2019s criminal prosecution and conviction violated his rights to freedom of expression and a fair trial. We demand the immediate release of Dmitry Tau and that all criminal charges against him be dropped.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tau-eng.png\" alt=\"Dmitry Tau is a political prisoner\" class=\"wp-image-41179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tau-eng.png 1200w, https:\/\/memopzk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tau-eng-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What were the charges against Dmitry Tau?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July 2024, Dmitry Tau, a resident of Shchuchye in Kurgan Oblast, posted a video along with comments about Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine on his VK social media page. As a result, he was prosecuted for \u2018public dissemination of information known to be false about the Russian armed forces (Article 207.3, Part 2, of the Russian Criminal Code). In the autumn of 2024, he was remanded in custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 14 March 2025, a court sentenced Tau to a custodial sentence of five years\u2019 compulsory work in a correctional centre, with 10% of his salary to be withheld by the state. He was also banned from administering websites for three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why do we consider Dmitry Tau a political prisoner?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The offence of which Dmitry Tau was convicted \u2013 the dissemination of information known to be false about the Russian army \u2013 was introduced into the Russian Criminal Code immediately after the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale war against Ukraine. In practice, this article of the Criminal Code prohibits any criticism of the Russian authorities or military, in violation of the civil right to freedom of expression. This article also contradicts the Russian Constitution; therefore, any prosecutions brought under it are unlawful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do not know the exact contents of the video posted by Tau. However, the fact that he was prosecuted under an unlawful article of the Criminal Code for criticising the actions of the Russian military in Ukraine clearly indicates that his actions posed no real danger to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public criticism of the war against Ukraine cannot be regarded as a crime and must not be grounds for criminal prosecution, let alone imprisonment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A detailed description of Dmitry Tau\u2019s case and of our position is available on our <a href=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/figurant\/tau-dmitrij-alekseevich\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Recognition of an individual as a political prisoner does not imply the \u2018Political Prisoners. Memorial\u2019 human rights project agrees with, or approves of, their views, statements, or actions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How can you help?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You <a href=\"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/donate\/\">can donate<\/a> to help all political prisoners in Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-41177","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","regions-kurgan-oblast","news-type-nashi-novosti-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dmitry Tau is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. 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